Wilson Global Communications LLC, (WGC) – is a strategic integrated marketing communications and public affairs consultancy headquartered in Washington, D.C. WGC was founded in 1994 by journalist and social entrepreneur Julia Wilson in Johannesburg, South Africa and specializes in U.S.-African-Asian-European relations, and international media product development. WGC has worked with clients in South Africa, Ghana, Liberia, Senegal, Nigeria, Kenya, Cote d’Ivoire, DR Congo, Malawi, Tunisia, China, France, Turkey, Great Britain, and the United States of America.
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CNBC-TV Nabs TV Commentator Julia Wilson on Investing in Africa
Fulbright Grant Awarded to Julia Wilson by US State
Department in Paris, France to Participate in Multicultural
Business Exchange Programs
March 17, 2010
(PARIS, FRANCE) – Julia Wilson, an African American global marketing communications
business owner, was awarded a Fulbright Grant to participate in multicultural business information
exchange conferences in Paris and Lyon, France from March 11-17, 2010. Founded in 1946, the
Fulbright Program serves as an international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S.
Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and is designed to increase mutual
understanding between the people of the United States and other countries. Participants are chosen
based on their academic merit and leadership potential with opportunities such as teaching and/or conducting research or exchanging ideas while finding solutions to shared international concerns.
Wilson Global Communications Coordinates National Urban
League’s First Successful Trade & Cultural Mission to China
Former Clinton Administration Cabinet Member, Black Press Media Mogul, U.S. Mayor and
Leading Business Owners, Educators and Civic Leaders Among Delegates
Feb. 10, 2010
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – After more than a decade serving as a positive news advocate for Africa, multi-culturist entrepreneur, and business and cultural liaison between the U.S. and Africa, Julia A. Wilson, CEO and founder of Wilson Global Communications USA, has broadened the sphere of WGC’s influence by coordinating the National Urban League’s highly successful Trade & Cultural Mission to China, Jan. 31, 2009 to Feb. 4, 2010. The NUL is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in America, dedicated to economic empowerment and elevating the standard of living in historically underserved urban communities.
CNBC-TV Talks with Julia Wilson on Trade and Investment Opportunities in
Africa during President Barack Obama's Visit to Ghana
July 10, 2009
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – As President Barack Obama arrived in Accra, Ghana (West Africa) on Friday, July 10, 2009 for his historic visit to sub-Saharan Africa as the first African American president of the United States, CNBC-TV set the African trade and investment stage nationally by discussing opportunities and risks with international TV commentator and African Specialist contributor, Julia Wilson.
National Public Radio Award-Winning Journalist Interviews
Julia Wilson on Africa's Image
June 17, 2009
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – As part of the National Public Radio (NPR) continuing series called "Conversations," award-winning reporter Michael Cottman discusses images of Africa with Julia Wilson, CEO and founder of Wilson Global Communications, a marketing communications firm focused on promoting positive images about Africa. Wilson is a consultant to Ambassador Amina Salum Ali and the African Union Mission to the USA who collaborates on behalf of the African Union with the executive and legislative branches of the U.S. government, the African Diplomatic Corps, Bretton Woods Institutions, the Organization of American States (OAS), and other stakeholders, including the African Diaspora.
For more than a decade, Julia Wilson has been one of America’s leading advocates for Africa and focused WGC’s energies and resources on re-shaping worldwide perceptions of Africa and people of African descent.
A former print and broadcast journalist who lived and worked in Africa for several years, Wilson covered the first democratic elections in South Africa and made history as one of the first Americans to pioneer the New South Africa.
For more than a decade, 
